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X-WR-CALNAME:CMS: Matthew Isaac Cohen Professor of International Theatre\, 
 Royal Holloway\, University of London Visiting Scholar\, University of Con
 necticut (Spring 2015)\, "Theater and Islam: Tradition and Reflexive Moder
 nity in Colonial Indonesia" 
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DESCRIPTION:Theater in pre-modern Indonesia existed in a state of "happy hy
 bridity." Wayang kulit\, with its stories of Hindu gods and heroes\, could
  be attributed to the Islamic "saint" Sunan Kalijaga\, without tension or 
 conflict. With reflexive modernity\, new forms of theater emerged in ninet
 eenth and early twentieth-century Indonesia that reframed Islam in dialect
 ical relation to residual beliefs\, local customs (adat)\, and cosmopolita
 nism. Wayang golek\, a new form of rod puppet theater\, enacted stories of
  religious war. Randai\, a folkloric theater of West Sumatra\, dramatized 
 kaba stories that endorsed matrilineal custom and belief over the temptati
 ons of modernity. Playwrights including Sanoesi Pane and Sukarno (when the
  politician was in exile in Eastern Indonesia) wrote modern plays that dis
 coursed upon Islam in relation to Hindu heritage and modern science. While
  a designated "Islamic theater" did not emerge until the postcolonial peri
 od\, theater thus operated as an important forum for Islamic representatio
 ns.
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LOCATION:McGraw Hall\,  American Studies Wing\, Mezzanine Room 101 (enter f
 rom north side of the building\, between first and second floors)
SUMMARY:CMS: Matthew Isaac Cohen Professor of International Theatre\, Royal
  Holloway\, University of London Visiting Scholar\, University of Connecti
 cut (Spring 2015)\, "Theater and Islam: Tradition and Reflexive Modernity 
 in Colonial Indonesia" 
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 essor_of_international_theatre_royal_holloway_university_of_london_visitin
 g_scholar_university_of_connecticut_spring_2015_theater_and_islam_traditio
 n_and_reflexive_modernity_in_colonial_indonesia
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